More QE could push gilt yields down further, or at least help to sustain their current low level.
Debt-laden American consumers, so the argument goes, will not be able to sustain their current spending patterns, particularly if the housing bubble bursts.
"The longer this goes on, the more difficult will it be for the likes of Moussavi and Karroubi to sustain their current position," said Ray Takeyh, an Iran expert at the Council on Foreign Relations who has worked for the State Department.
But if the United States stops buying Angola's oil, and if China's rate of economic growth continues to slow, major foreign companies would be unable to sustain their current staffing levels and expenditures.
"The salary decrease of at least 25% and the dramatic change in working practice are such that members of your chorus would not, in many cases, be able to sustain their current circumstances.
It will be interesting to see if both women can sustain their current high levels of intensity, which would seem almost impossible given how much of this match is left to play.
That will make it more difficult for regional banks to win the business of multinational companies.If Asia's regional banks can sustain their current rates of growth, some will become forces to be reckoned with.
The findings raise the prospect of some people having to "work until they drop" to sustain their current lifestyles Approximately 67,701 mortgages worth £10.5 billion were approved for house purchase in October Around 12 pence in every £1 of consumers' Christmas shopping this year will be spent online, according to forecasts by the body which oversees payments in the UK.
But they will not necessarily increase production right away because they, too, don't know how long they can sustain their current pace.
The insight reached finds that should both China and India sustain their current IPR growth rates, they will be able to catch up with the most advanced economies within the time span of a few decades.
